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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dahy-ley-shuh n, di- |
| Phonetic Transcription : daɪˈleɪ ʃən, dɪ- |
Définition of dilation
Origin :- 1590s, formed from dilate on the mistaken assumption that the -ate in that word was the Latin verbal suffix (it is instead part of the stem); the proper form, dilatation, is older (c.1400).
- noun distention
- White is produced by the dilation, black by the contraction, of the particles of sight.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- The eyes of Ian surpassed those of Victor in the matter of dilation.
- Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Thank Heaven, there is yet no dilation of the pupil; it is not too late!
- Extract from : « The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales » by Bret Harte
- During this operation they continue for a time to increase in size, in consequence of the dilation of the pent-up gas by the heat.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- It was a sort of dilation of unshed tears, and yet they were not wet.
- Extract from : « Sir Tom » by Mrs. Oliphant
- After all, the colony would be but "an extension or dilation of the realm of England."
- Extract from : « Give Me Liberty » by Thomas J. Wertenbaker
- Even in the short moment of dilation the fluoros had given him a headache.
- Extract from : « The Sensitive Man » by Poul William Anderson
- A formidable condensation, awaiting the gigantic hour of dilation!
- Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo
- Systole and diastole, the contraction and dilation of the heart and arteries.
- Extract from : « Essays » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- But the violet of her eyes was all but hidden by the dilation of her pupils.
- Extract from : « Zuleika Dobson » by Max Beerbohm
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